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Originally Posted by DaleDe
It kind of reminds me of a book I read years ago entitled "How to lie with statistics." One of the items that I like to quote is: "Figures don't lie but liers can figure."
Dale
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Originally Posted by Penforhire
Dale, isn't that quote attributed to Mark Twain?
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I think Twain said "There are liars, damn liars, and statisticians," but I don't know about DaleDe's quote.
I do have it on good authority (from a statistician) that 87% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
